Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-30
LIARS AND LYING.
Ella Wheeler saYs Liars are More
Often Bern thGa Manifestations
able Lies that Do Net Counes
Some Different Types of LiarB-Lytng Like
the Opium Habit-Womenw with whom
Lying is Disease.
Copyrighted, 1857.

Copyrighted, 1857.
sLet him who is without sin cast the
first stone"
We are ell liars to greater or less de-
gree, but that lamentsble fact does not
Lessen the enormity of the crime.
l once saw charming lady, in the
prasence of several guests whom she had
been delightfully."- entertaining, take q
card from her servants hand, scan it with
slight frown, and return it, saying:
"Tel the gentleman | hzve gone to bed
with violent headache" The servant
Bowed ana conveyed the message-thus
increasing the number Of liars by two.
fashionable lies of this kind ere not
supposed to count in the catalogue OF
sins, but If seems to me they are like
parasites which destroy the delicate
leaves of plant after time. They ia-
lure and blunt the finer perceptions OF
rigat and wrong.
A gentlen an laid s wager with lady
the other evening that she could not live
through the following day without lyings
unless she hurt thekfeelings OF beme OF
her friends byseeming rudensss. ~
q, She lost theswag gel, adeclaTing frat she
found polite IFS absolutely lnecefsayyS as
he had said. Edo notkbelieve stnem ne
cessary.. however, and am coafdent we
would win and fstsin more frfends in the
long run if we baiat cur sdaily lives on a
foundation of sbsai6Ee itruthfulness.
j, The momszs eetectihsu or womsn IN
q lie, however snvial, my interest and re-
Bpect is esseRed, and / an sure other
paealezTe Influenced in the same way.
TIE momentlmy oWnflips have uttered
q polite lie l feal deefaed lessening of
regard for myself am conscious that
silence or tact could have saved me from
the foolish error.
The liar who possesses good memory
msy make 6 success Of his profession for
years without detection. It Is seldom,
however, thst the art Of lying and The
art of remembering sre combined in one
person.
/ remember woman in my own pro-
lessiop, who told me in our first inter
sgIeW that she had received SIS
.Ior a short article which had re-
Gently appeared. On our second meetisg
she spoke of the matter again, and said
she received $50 for it. A few dayslatSr
l heard her mention il to third psrty Is
having brought her $25s learned alter
ward that she was paid NSl5 sfor .the
sarticle. Had she srecoiaseted her .ffst
statement mighs never have deubted
her word. IF
ALying is J@efhe opium hasit. 1 have
kresgn pesffe who began to tell "white
liesn FOR Convenience aud ended by be-
coming the most absolute aEd Shameless
of Liars on every occasion.
In some cases lyins8is d disease, and
should be treated as s1sl,
l know two ladies who are otherwise
excellent in character, and both are val
liable members 0i society. One is g de-
V0ut church member in high standing,
srd foremost in all good works ofchaTity.
Both these Ladies seem physically and
morally unable to tell the truth. When
the truth would better serve their pur-
poses, they choose & lie. They hsrm no
one but themselves, as their lies are
never malicious, and refer usually to their
own affairs.
One of these ladies is fond OF telling
the most marvellous stories CT herself
snd her friends, their remarkable adven-
lures, their extensive wealth, their wide
travels, their intimate acquaintance with
renowned people. II you repeat these
fairy stories after her you cover yourself
with humiliation, as they are almost en-
tirely fabrications of her brain. II you
disproTe her statements to her face she
locks you In the eyes, and smiles, and
emphstically declares you misunderstood
her words. Her conversation is spark
ling and bright, and you are amused aud
entertained highly, until you discover her
gift for improvisipg.
The other lsdy's talent runs more in o
mercantile channel. She makes q pur-
chase in your presence for which she pays
$40. Let third person enter the room,
and she declares smilingly that she has
Just paid $40 for the article. II you cor
rect her she insists that you are mistaken.
Her Doctors and dentists bills, her SER
wants. wages, the price of her bonnets
and boots, are oil subjects of exaggerated
statements. She has, like the majority
of liars, memory like sieve, and con.
sequently contradicts herself q dozen
times in as many hours. Her friends ell
acknowledge her unfortunate popularity,
but she is so klnd-hearted, and possesses
so many other admirable traits that she is
tolerated in spite OF her lies.
It seems to me both of these ladies need
the serious attention Of some specialist
on diseases OF the brain.
have heard an opinion expressed that
women are less frank and truthful than
men. Il this is true it is due to their ed
ucstion. Women are taught TO conceal
snG men to reveal their true natures from
the cradle up. Women are1tsueht that
the world expects them to be statues OF
decoTum, and that it is mefciless to the
one wkG by word, atmosphere or act indi.
Gates that she could step down from her
pedestal.
Man is taught that he is 8 human being
OF varied passions, liable to fall into
error, which the world quickly forgets
and forgives. He tells the truth about
his nature and his temptations, and the
world listens, sympath yes, and admires
Woe unto the woman who, no matter
how free from sin, confesses to her bes,
friends that she has ever in thought, even,